Unboxious
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- Comment on Amazon’s AI ‘Banana Fish’ Dubs Are Hilariously, Inexcusably Bad 12 hours ago:
Honestly N1 is probably unnecessary. I think most people who’ve passed N2 could do a great job with most shounen stuff. It’s not like they need to do it in real time.
- Comment on Anime Questions, Recommendations, and Discussion Thread [2025, Week 49] 22 hours ago:
Now that Thanksgiving is past, it’s properly Christmas season - and that means it was time for me to pick up Sanda. Seems properly unhinged, and perfect for the month of December. I’ve only watched the first episode though, so who knows whether it’ll be able to keep that up.
- Comment on Amazon’s AI ‘Banana Fish’ Dubs Are Hilariously, Inexcusably Bad 1 day ago:
No, it’s you and the soulless husks in charge of Amazon!
- Comment on Amazon’s AI ‘Banana Fish’ Dubs Are Hilariously, Inexcusably Bad 1 day ago:
Now, LLM localization is the greater challenge. I highly doubt those, including the classic machine-learning models, can reach N1-level localization quality.
There’s no chance it’s happening any time soon. Many manga and anime lean heavily on visual context to clear up situations where the language would otherwise be ambiguous, so until the translation software can also use that visual context it’s basically impossible.
- Comment on Amazon’s AI ‘Banana Fish’ Dubs Are Hilariously, Inexcusably Bad 1 day ago:
You may be underestimating how bad these AI dubs are.
- Comment on Re:Zero: Starting Life in Another World Season 4 - New Key Visual 1 week ago:
Sick, looks like that’ll be a good season for fantasy.
- Comment on Re:Zero: Starting Life in Another World Season 4 - New Key Visual 1 week ago:
I don’t see a date here. Is there a date?
- Comment on [Rec] Anime with great emotional payoff 1 week ago:
The biggest issue with Eureka Seven is that it starts really slow, but unfortunately plenty of people have bounced off because of that. Very unfortunate.
- Comment on [Rec] Anime with great emotional payoff 1 week ago:
Redline is one of my favorite anime, but I’ve never seen it described as “emotional” before.
- Comment on [Rec] Anime with great emotional payoff 1 week ago:
Medalist (sports comedy)
I always looked at it as more of a sports drama with some really good comedic moments. Either way, top-tier show. Looking forward to Season 2 this January!
- Comment on Witch Hat Atelier | Official Trailer 2 | Crunchyroll 2 weeks ago:
Looks great; this is definitely something to be excited for!
- Comment on Anime Questions, Recommendations, and Discussion Thread [2025, Week 47] 2 weeks ago:
Definitely the ending of the whole story I’m afraid.
- Comment on Anime Questions, Recommendations, and Discussion Thread [2025, Week 47] 2 weeks ago:
Code Geass’s story really is just that great, but if you don’t like the main characters I can’t really recommend you resume - I don’t think they fundamentally change much by the end. It’s not like there’s a shortage of other great anime to watch after all.
- Comment on [Chapter] Ruri Dragon - Ch. 41 - We All Suck at Science 2 weeks ago:
I think if I asked a friend to hang out over summer break and he responded that way we wouldn’t be friends anymore.
- Comment on Anime Questions, Recommendations, and Discussion Thread [2025, Week 46] 2 weeks ago:
I think maybe you misunderstood something about Kaguya-sama as a result of having watched just the very beginning. What the narrator says the show is about and what the show is actually about are two completely different things. The narrator tells you the show is about these two using bullshit tactics to try to make a relationship happen. What the show is actually about (among other things) is those two learning to lay down their pride so they can actually be happy. I promise you that as you see more of these characters you’ll find that they really are easy to cheer for - even if they just come across as prideful jerks at the beginning.
- Comment on European Style Anime Suggestions? 3 weeks ago:
Worth noting that the Legend of the Galactic Heroes remake has far worse music and character designs, so I recommend people go with the older one.
- Comment on [Discussion] 10 Best Long-Running Anime That Will Keep Fans Busy For Years 3 weeks ago:
But sort of requires some meta-knowledge of pre-2010 anime to really be elevated.
You also have to be comfortable with an average of around 1-2 mosiac’d dicks and other things on-screen per episode.
- Comment on [Discussion] Which anime has the most mysterious atmosphere? 3 weeks ago:
Probably .hack//SIGN but tbh the atmosphere and the music are that show’s only merits. I can’t really recommend it.
- Comment on [Discussion] 10 Best Long-Running Anime That Will Keep Fans Busy For Years 3 weeks ago:
The issue I have with this is that most of these shows either suck or have large sections that suck. The only one here I could recommend the entire run of with a straight face is Gintama, and it takes a certain kind of person to appreciate Gintama.
- Comment on Anime studio bankruptcies and closures continue to rise for third consecutive year in Japan 3 weeks ago:
I don’t think that’s the issue. The anime industry makes tons of money. The issue is that that most of that money doesn’t go to the studios doing the animation.
- Comment on Thrifting 4 weeks ago:
Right? I’d be so happy if I found this!
- Comment on Manga Questions, Recommendations, and Discussion Thread [2025, Week 45] 4 weeks ago:
While I was in Japan I stopped by the Kyoto International Manga Museum and read the first volume of Daemons of the Shadow Realm/Yomi no Tsugai. I really liked it, so I picked up volumes 1-10 to read once I finish my re-read of Kaguya-sama: Love is War.
I also picked up the following:
- Yuru Camp, complete series - This one I’ve seen the anime adaptation of. It wasn’t a bad adaptation, but given the nature of the story I suspect I’ll like it as a manga more. I guess I’ll find out.
- Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt, vol 1-13 - After seeing the excellent movies that came out of this my curiosity was piqued concerning the rest of the story.
- Mobile Suit Gundam Crossbone Gundam Ghost, vol 1-5 & 7 - Gonna be honest, this one was an accident. I didn’t look super close at the title and thought I was getting Mobile Suit Crossbone Gundam. I have no idea if Ghost is any good, or if it’s even something I can reasonably read without context from Crossbone Gundam.
- Mobile Fighter G Gundam: Re: Master Edition, vol 1 - I love the G Gundam anime, so when I saw this in the bookstore it was a no-brainer.
- Medalist, vol 1-11 - I’ve read this one online, and it was great. I picked up the volumes simply because I wanted them, but also because I haven’t read any of the volume extras yet.
- Magic Knight Rayearth, complete series - I’ve read the first chapter of this one and the art was really good. Will this be the second time a shoujo mech isekai from the 90s impresses me? I guess I’ll find out.
I almost picked up a full 77 volume set of Gintama for $100, but ended up deciding that bringing such a thing home would be too impractical. Shame.
- Comment on [Discussion] The 20 Scariest Horror Anime of All Time 4 weeks ago:
Really? Death Note certainly has a goth aesthetic to it, but I’m not sure what’s “horror” about it besides that.
- Comment on [Clip] Before Amritsar Battle (German Dub) ~ Legend of the Galactic Heroes DNT 4 weeks ago:
Seems like a good dub, but I hope nobody got spoiled on one of the most important scenes in the series by this!
- Comment on [Discussion] These 10 Anime Masterpieces Are a Rite of Passage for Every Fan 4 weeks ago:
I honestly don’t think anything with the pacing issues of Dragon Ball Z should be on this list. I can’t imagine actually suggesting to someone that they sit through all that when they could be watching Gurren Lagann or something instead.
- Comment on Anime Questions, Recommendations, and Discussion Thread [2025, Week 44] 5 weeks ago:
Ah, that makes far more sense.
- Comment on Anime Questions, Recommendations, and Discussion Thread [2025, Week 44] 5 weeks ago:
Wait, you watched and enjoyed The Promised Neverland season 2? Or just the first one? Because those were very different experiences.
- Comment on One Punch Man S3 Director Shinpei Nagai deletes his twitter account due to the pressure, calls out people who took his tweets out of context/exploited the staff's struggles for "rage-baiting" 5 weeks ago:
Is LINE actually as bad as Twitter though? I don’t know much about it.
- Comment on One Punch Man S3 Director Shinpei Nagai deletes his twitter account due to the pressure, calls out people who took his tweets out of context/exploited the staff's struggles for "rage-baiting" 5 weeks ago:
Twitter is unfortunately still very big in Japan.
- Comment on "The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love You" Season 3 Teaser Visual 5 weeks ago:
Oh heck yeah my favorite from the manga is in there. I’m both excited to hear her insane way of speaking voice acted and curious to see what the English dub does as an analog.